Swartley Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Swartley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swartley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8791:412,35435,862
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1881:267,12121,813

Swartley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Swartley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Swartley is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Swartley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 391,429th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,061,445 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Swartley are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 879 people, or 1 in 412,354. In The United States Swartley is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 54 percent reside, Colorado, where 4 percent reside and New York, where 4 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and The Philippines, where 1 percent reside.

Swartley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Swartley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Swartley last name increased 468 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Swartley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Swartley surname are 33.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80.2% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Swartley earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.39% less than the national average, earning R 122,652 per year and in United States they earn 0.97% more than the national average, earning $43,567 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swartly931/
Swartlhe881/
Suartley880/
Swortley880/
Swartelle821/
Swertle801/
Schwertley78137/
Swartlui751/
Schwertle7187/
Schwertly7129/
Schwartli710/
Schwerdtle67223/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swartley
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